Zuccone v. Main Fish Co.

Citations

• 104 Wash. 441
• 177 P. 314
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 1265

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations (383) — Use op Streets — Contributory Negligence. A motorcyclist, approaching a street intersection, at 12 miles an hour, is not guilty of contributory negligence, as a matter of law, in failing to avoid a collision with a motor truck, which was on the wrong side of the street, and first turned to the right as though to cross over, and then suddenly turned to the left without warning into the cross street.</p> <p>Same (379, 389) — Use op Streets — Crossings and Passing — Negligence — Evidence—Sufficiency. The jury is warranted in finding negligence on the part of the driver of a motor truck in approaching a street intersection on the left or wrong side of the street, and first swinging to the right as though to cross over, and then suddenly veering to the left to turn at the crossing, and colliding with a motorcyclist who was misled and unable to avoid the collision.</p>